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OK, it's a matter of opinion of course. He was certainly a good player and I was sorry to see him leave at the time. But I don't think he was the best player in the side. The fee simply reflected the value put on goal scoring forwards (as has generally been the case in football. Clubs pay inflated prices for goal scorers).

I wouldn't take anything less than 12m for him with a push on a worthwhile player also coming the other way as part of it. While we need money to satisfy FFP/P&S, we would be silly to sell him for less than what we can get.

The fees in this division have exploded the last few years, we need to push for all we can get and if possible even start a bidding war. By accepting 10M when we could more than likely get more, its signalling that all our players can be bought for less than they are worth.

As a side note, if DC thinks we can still go up this year, its not likely we are going to sell him any way.

If Brooks is 18m then Reach is same, we should be looking to offload Forestieri before we go anywhere near Reach

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I'm a big Reach fan, but if we can get close to £15m, get Hooper off the wage bill now, it could sort, or at least significantly improve the FFP position and allow us to improve the squad close season.

Letting him go could be the solution to our impending financial problems, so it's a sacrifice worth making in my eyes. We didn't do it with Forestieri when we had the chance, so this may be our get out of jail card. We've got to plug the financial gap somehow.

Well, if Reach is as valuable as some here seem to think, then once it's seen that he's available then other clubs will come in and try and gatecrash the party. If not, then we ought to accept what we can get for him. We shall see.

Personally speaking, I don't think we can afford the luxury of holding out for an unrealistic fee. It's not that I want to sell him (I genuinely don't) but I think we're going to struggle to move on until we can sort out the FFP issues.